usrevenge t1_jc6gzet wrote on March 14, 2023 at 12:06 PM

Reply to comment by RiceCakeAlchemist in TIL If Coca-Cola's inventor had decided to file a patent application in 1892 instead of keeping the recipe a secret, patent protection would have expired long before Pepsi ever came onto the market in 1965. Patent protection lasts 20 years at most. Trade secrets can last forever. by ethereal3xp

Some people stole the recipe for coca cola and tried to sell it to Pepsi. Pepsi turned them in.

thefruitsofzellman t1_jc6lqjm wrote on March 14, 2023 at 12:50 PM

My first reaction: oh, that was nice of them. But I bet the real reason is that they didn’t want Coke thinking they were behind the theft.

cardboardunderwear t1_jc6norl wrote on March 14, 2023 at 1:07 PM

The brand is worth way more than the formula anyways. When people are buying Pepsi they are expecting something that tastes like Pepsi. So tbh there really isn’t a ton of value for Pepsi to know how to make coke. Their bread is buttered by selling Pepsi.